Preview: Sonus faber Maxima Amator Loudspeaker

Sonus faber's Minima Amator, designed for use as either a bookshelf or stand-mounted loudspeaker, debuted back in 1992. Early in 2020, an updated version joined the company's Heritage line with a "II" appended to its name, priced at $4000 per pair or $5500 with stands. Now, as 2020 (finally!) starts to wind down, the Italian high-end manufacturer is introducing an entirely new speaker, the floorstanding Maxima Amator. TAS has been loaned one of the first production pairs—serial number 0003, to be exact—and although they've been in my system for only a few days, accruing the recommended 80 to100 hours of …